3. Area:780,000 km (300,000 miles)
Population: 76.9m (July 2010 est.)
Capital city: Ankara
People: Majority Turks. Certain non-Muslim minorities recognised under
the
Treaty of Lausanne including Jews, Armenians and Greeks.
Other ethnic peoples include Kurds, Circassians and Bosnians.
Language: Turkish (official)
Religion: Muslim
Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)
Head of State: President Abdullah Gul
4. • Membership of international groupings/organisations:
UN, NATO, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), G-
20, an Associate Member of the Western European Union,
and a candidate for accession to the European Union
(negotiations started on 3 October 2005).
5. Important cities in turkey
1) ISTANBUL
2) ANKARA (CAPITAL)
3) IZMIR
4) ANTALYA
5) BURSA
6. CULTURE
The culture of Turkey combines a largely diverse and heterogeneous set
of elements that are derived from the Ottoman, European, Middle
Eastern and Central Asian traditions
Culturel games
10. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT TURKEY
IN TOURISM
1) 3 S (SEA , SUN AND SAND)
2) CULTURE TOURISM
3) HEALTH TOURISM
4) WINTER TOURISM
5) MOUNTAIN TOURISM
14. Rank Country
International
tourist arrivals
1 France 76.80 million
2 United States 59.75 million
3 China 55.67 million
4 Spain 52.68 million
5 Italy 43.63 million
6 United Kingdom 28.13 million
7 Turkey 27.00 million
8 Germany 26.88 million
9 Malaysia 24.58 million
10 Mexico 22.40 million
15. International tourist Spenders:
in 2010
1 Germany 80.8
2 United States 73.1
3 United Kingdom 48.5
4 China 43.7
5 France 38.9
6 Italy 27.8
7 Japan 25.1
8 Canada 24.3
9 Russian Fedration 20.8
10 Netherlands 20.7
US $ billion
16. The Top Revenue Earners 2010
1 United States 94.2
2 Spain 53.2
3 France 48.7
4 Italy 40.2
5 China 39.7
6 Germany 34.7
7 United Kingdom 30.1
8 Australia 28.6
9 Turkey 21.3
10 Austria 21.8
US $ billion